Radio Legend Paul Harvey - Dead At Age 90

Radio pioneer Paul Harvey passed away today at the age of 90, surrounded by family members in a Phoenix hospital. The cause of death has not been announced. Harvey's was one of the most beloved voices heard across the nation's radio stations who would begin his weekday broadcast with his signature, Hello Americans, This Is Paul Harvey. Long before Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves, Paul Harvey graced listeners with his own style of home-spun, down-to-earth commentary on the news of the day. The broadcaster's listeners spanned the range of those going about their day in the heartland, to those navigating through cross-town traffic in the steel and concrete canyons of the nation's cities. Paul Harvey's bylines took on a folksy tone with listeners, as though he were sharing stories over a backyard fence with a long-time friend and neighbor about events far and near.
Whether reporting on big stories and those little stories not often carried by the big three networks, Mr. Harvey would explain the news with an easy, relaxed manner, that gave you the assurance that things were still alright in America, and that we would awake the next morning to promise of a brighter day.

While still a student at Central High School, Paul Harvey began his broadcast career in 1933 with radio station KVOO in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Harvey was born Paul Harvey Aurandt, the son of a Tulsa Police Officer killed in the line of duty while Paul was a toddler. A speech teacher at Harvey's High School took note of his distinctive voice inflection and stacatto-like delivery and pointed him toward a career in radio. TulsaTV Memories has a tribute to distinguished alumni of Central High School and Miss Isabelle Ronan, who launched the career of an American radio icon.

Mr. Harvey's death comes less than one year after the death of his beloved wife and producer Lynn in May of 2008. Paul Harvey credited the success of his career to his wife whom he always addressed as Angel. The couple met while working at St. Louis radio station KXOK where Harvey proposed to his future wife of sixty-eight years on their first date. The couple married in 1940 and have a son, Paul Junior. The couple later moved to Chicago, Illinois and the ABC News network where Paul Senior began broadcast of Paul Harvey's, The Rest of the Story in 1951.

Mr. Harvey is depicted above as he was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom award from President George W. Bush in 2005. Only fourteen other celebrated individuals have been given this award. Paul Harvey was also inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and received the Paul White award, the most coveted honor bestowed by the Radio-Television News Directors Association.

Paul Harvey, rest in peace, you will be missed.

Nationwide Rallies Protest Obama Stimulus Bill

Protestors held Boston-style "Tea Parties" across the nation on Friday to protest the SwindleUS Generational Theft Act of 2009, passed by Democrat Members of Congress with the help of RepublicanInNameOnly Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Demonstrators in many locations braved cold and windy weather to voice their opposition against the so-called Stimulus Package, the largest, most outrageous pork and spending bill in U.S. history.

Gateway Pundit has pictures like this one from the Tea Party held in St. Louis.

This Ain't Hell has pictures and video from the D.C. rally with a stop-over by Joe the Plumber.

Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has pictures from rallies like this on in Sacramento, CA.

Rallies were also held in Tulsa, OK, and Oklahoma City, OK as covered by the Provocateur. Tulsa's Protest was covered and posted by GreenCountry Values.

Michelle Malkin posts more photos from around the nation of the protests like this one in San Diego, CA.

Just Wild: The American Form of Government

This is well worth watching...where are we now?

Misunderestimating Obama

I have misunderestimated Obama. His latest plan is brilliant and most people don't see it.

Now that he has the lower class and lower middle class unemployed and groveling at his feet for breadcrumbs, now he is going to institute Phase 2 - take money from the very people who can put the other people back to work. What a great strategery! Let's drive this country into a deep, prolonged recession.

In times of deep recession or depression, people turn to movies and comedy for relief. Thank God Obama picked Joe Biden to be Veep. He is the best comic relief I've seen in years. I would like to find out more about him. Does anyone know his web site number?

Obama's Failing Economic Policies Reflected In Falling Stock Market Values On Wall Street

Hope that brings real change is what candidate Barack Obama promised America while on the stump last year. Now that the former Illinois Senator is the 44th President of the United States the market has continued its precipitous dive since the time he overtook John McCain in the race to the White House. Laryn's Link has dubbed him as "The Depression President".
Now CitiGroup's shares are down 35% as of 9:16AM EST despite the Obama administration's plans to buy up 40% of the banking giant's shares. This is a whole lot more change than the American public bargained when they elected the man from Hyde Park.

2006 Navarro Correas SYRAH "Coleccion Privada" (Mendoza, Argentina)

This was a complex, balanced red at a reasonable price.

Fairly deep color. Needed a couple hours of air to unwind, but then displayed a nice nose of hot, smoky gravel and plummy, blackberryish fruit. Broad and mouthfilling, this wine had full body, lots of rich red fruit and mineral flavors, and gobs of soft tannin. It'll keep for a couple of years, but was very nice last weekend with "Matambre" (an Argentine butterflied, stuffed, rolled, braised flank steak -- yummy). 87. Was about $12 at Kroger's on Westpark.

Boston Tea Parties Scheduled Around The Nation On Friday

On the evening of December 16th 1773, a group of fifty to sixty men disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded the British cargo ship Dartmouth moored in Boston harbor. Carefully unloading the ship's cargo of 342 chests of Tea from the East India Tea Company the men split open the chests and tossed the contents into Boston harbor to the delight of throngs of supporters gathered on the docks. By morning, 45 tons of tea had been dumped into the harbor with a loss of nearly $2 Million in modern-day value to the British Crown's official joint-stock company. Trouble between the colonists and King George III had been brewing over the the English parliment and the monarchy's efforts to force Americans to buy tea from the government sanctioned trading company, even though cheaper sources of tea were available to the public from Dutch merchants who did not tax their tea. Americans under the leadership of Samuel Adams finally delivered their own forceful response to the crown's attempt to dictate the sensibilities of tea consumption to the colonists.

Tomorrow on Friday February 27th 2009, Americans likewise sickened and disgusted by the frivilous and wasteful Tax and Spend policies of this administration, will hold Boston style Tea Parties from sea to shining sea.

Here is a schedule of the festivities along with their locations:

Washington, D.C. Tea PartyFriday, February 27, 2009 12:00pm - 2:00pm LAFAYETTE PARK
Washington, DC

NORTHEAST:
NYC: Saturday, NYC City Hall Park, 2 PM-3PM

Philadelphia, PA Friday, February 27, 200912:00pm - 1:00pmLiberty Hall, Philadelphia
Devon Generally, 215-259-3868 Generallyforsenate@gmail.com


SOUTHEAST:

Jackson, Mississippi Tea Party 12:00am-1:30pm (meet and greet from 11-12)
Where: On the steps of the Capital Building in Jackson Sponsors: Friends of FreeRepublic.com and Grassfire.com Notes: Send a clear message to State and Federal office holders regarding the recent passage of the “Porkulus Bill.” Bring flags, drinks, snacks. Bring cameras. Bring your kids.

Atlanta, GA Tea PartyFriday, February 27, 200912:00pm - 1:00pm Georgia State Capitol Building ~ Downtown Atlanta206 Washington St SW

Atlanta, GA Contact Info:770-878-0024 atlantateaparty@gmail.com

Fayetteville, NC Friday February 27, 2009 12:00pm - 1:00pm Liberty Point Resolves Marker Downtown Fayetteville, Hay St. Ralph Reagan

Shelby County, AL12pm to 1pm Hwy 280 at the beginning of the crest going into Chelsea at entrance to Eagle Point Neighborhood

Calera, AL Tea Party 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Where: Hwy 280 at the entrance to Eagle Point,
1/2 mile south of Hwy 119 Calera, AL Contact: abish1@email.phoenix.edu

Greenville, SC Friday, February 27, 2009 6:00pm - 7:30pm Reedy River Park - Banks of the Reedy River West of Main Street, behind the Peace Center

Columbia, SC Statehouse - no add’l details available at this time. Pls follow link for up-to-the-second developments.

Tampa, FL Tea Party 12:00pm - 1:00pm Where: Federal Courthouse 801 N. Florida Ave. Tampa, FL Contact: John Hendrix; mobile: 803/571-1153

Orlando, FL Tea Party12:00pm - 1:00pm Lake Eola (across from Panera Bread) Orlando, FL
OrlandoTeaParty@MyAmericanism.com

Fort Meyers Beach, FL Tea Party 11:30am - 1:00pm Location: Bowditch Point Park Street:
50 Estero Blvd. Fort Myers Beach, FL Contact: katraky@gmail.com

Nashville, TN Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Legislative Plaza Nashville, TN

CENTRAL:

Chicago, IL Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Daley Plaza Civic Center 50 W Washington St. Contact Info: 312-282-9310
info@officialchicagoteaparty.comhttp://officialchicagoteaparty.com/


Wichita, KS Tea Party 11:30 pm - 12:30 pm Where to Meet: Farm Credit Bank Building 245 N. Waco Wichita, KS Contact: renaissancelady46@yahoo.com

Kansas City, MO Tea Party Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:00am - Noon - Kansas City, MO 47th and J.C. Nichols Parkway K.C. MO Kansas City, MORBALLARD9@kc.rr.com

St. Louis, MO Tea Party Friday, February 27, 200911:00am - 12:00pm The Steps of Arch Wharf Street Saint Louis, MO 636-346-1196 bill@hennessysview.com

Springfield, MO Tea Party (*NCTP) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lake Springfield Park Springfield, MO Contact: thedangerousone@live.com

Tulsa, OK Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 11:00am - 1:00pm Veteran’s Park 21st & Boulder Tulsa, OK 918-760-8282 jaiblevins@hotmail.com

Oklahoma City, OK Tea Party 11:00 a.m. local time on the Capitol Steps Notes: Our message to Congress, Repeal or Retire. Repeal–1. The Mortgage Bailout; 2. The $1 Trillion Pork-Laden Stimulus; 3. The Auto Bailout; 4. The Wall Street Bailout.

Cleveland, OH Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Public Square in Downtown Cleveland 1 Public Squarephil.ammar@gmail.com

Lansing, MI Friday, February, 27, 2009 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. State Capitol in Lansing on North Capitol Ave. Joan: 517/282-2042 Wendy: 517/652-5855 wjdayhome@sbcglobal.net

LONE STAR STATE:

Houston, TX Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 11:00am - 2:00pm Fondren Green at Discovery Green Park!!! Right in front of Amphitheatre!! Houston, TX 281-579-1956 fcravens1@peoplepc.com

Ft. Worth, TX Tea Party The Cowtown Bar & Grill Friday, February 27, 2009 3pm to 7pm
7108 Camp Bowie Blvd Fort Worth, TX 76116 682? 817? 570-7910

WEST

Seattle, WA Seattle Sons & Daughters of Liberty: A Seattle Action Network Friday, February 27, 2009 12:15pm - 1:15pm Westlake Park 410 Pine St., Seattle, WA
redistributingknowledge@gmail.com

Portland, OR Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 9:00am - 10:00am Pioneer Courthouse Square @ the corner of Broadway & Morrison (in front of the STARBUCKS)
715 SW Morrison StPortland, OR

Denver, CO Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 10:00am - 11:00am The East Capitol Steps Denver, CO briantcampbellsr@yahoo.com

Phoenix, AZ (Tempe) Tea Party12:00 noon, Tempe Beach Park (Meet at 11:45 a.m.) Tempe Beach Park, west of the Mill Avenue Bridge. A parking lot is available next to the park, on Rio Salado Parkway.Sponsors: Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Map: http://phoenix.about.com/library/blmaptempebeachpark.htmRSVP: infoAZ@afphq.org.
Notes: 18th-century attire welcome. Tar and feathers optional. For ideas on homemade protest signs, check out the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party site.

Sacramento, CA Tea Party12:00 noon California State Capitol, North Steps, L Street Sacramento Notes: Wanna burn the stimulus bill?

San Diego, CA Tea Party Friday, February 27, 2009 9:00am - 10:00am Just north of the Star of India, on San Diego BaySan Diego, CA
619-606-0337 http://www.nationwidechicagoteaparty.com/

Los Angeles, CA Friday, February 27, 2009 9:00am - 10:00am Santa Monica Pierashleyingram86@gmail.com

Update from Michelle Malkin 8:30 PM Eastern time on more events.

Gun Owners' Privacy Be Damned

Arkansas is primarily a red state but that doesn't mean there aren't any irresponsible, lunatic liberals running around. Remember, this is the home of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Wesley Clark, Mary Steenburgen, Harry and Linda Bloodsworth-Thomason, Jocelyn Elders.

We now have one who has surpassed them all. This is something you would expect to hear from San Francisco, Chicago, or Boston.

Max Brantley, writer for the Arkansas Times, took it upon himself to get a list of every Arkansan who has a concealed weapon carry permit and publish it on the Arkansas Times' web site. Not just their names but their addresses as well.

That single act broke some basic rules of human decency. First, it was a malicious (and I believe unconstitutional) invasion of privacy. Second, Mr. Brantley has endangered every person on that list. Criminals now have specific targets to steal guns from. Unstable ex-husbands know if their former wife is carrying. Stalkers know where their victims live.

This was one of the greatest acts of stupidity I have ever witnessed. I believe laws were broken here and someone needs to be severely punished for the invasion of privacy and needless endangerment.

By the way, a Google search provides this information*:

Max F Brantley
3210 Edgerstoune Ln
Little Rock AR 72205
501-663-6758


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* By posting this information I am not condoning or encouraging any contact with Mr. Brantley. I am merely trying to make a point. The Arkansas Times has posted more information about Mr. Brantley than I have here.

Wealthy American Clients Sue UBS To Maintain Secrecy

The NY Times reports that rich American clients sued UBS in a Swiss Federal Court yesterday in order to maintain their anonimity.

The suit, filed by a lawyer in Zurich, Andreas Rued, on behalf of nearly a dozen American clients, underscores the growing clash between Swiss banking secrecy laws and those of the United States. Tax evasion is not considered a crime in Switzerland. Disclosing client names under Swiss law is a criminal offense and can expose bank executives and officers to fines, prison terms and other penalties.

UBS is the world’s largest private bank and Switzerland is the world’s largest offshore tax haven, with trillions of dollars in assets.

How much do you want to bet that some of the clients suiing to maintain their secrecy are the same Democrat politicians you saw clapping and high-fiving one another during the President's speech before Congress, after he promissed to raise taxes on 5% of the nation's top income earners? High taxes for the suckers and the "Joe the Plumbers" out there but not on the players inside the DC Beltway right Democrats?

President Obama's Galling Distortions

A pattern that has become apparent in the five week-old presidency of Barack Obama, is that he says one thing before the cameras and does the exact opposite when the cameras have been packed up. I'm amazed by this President's unique ability to stretch the truth in the cause of advancing his own highly partisan agenda. After listening to the sound of the President's high-sounding oratory, the listener is left to ponder the deafening toll left by the hollow ringing of empty words resounding in the backbround. How can someone who seems so sincere before cameras be so sincerely wrong on topics of substance?

This assessment of the President's misteps with truth and candidness are shared by columnists Calvin Woodward and Jim Kuhnhenn who delve into a little fact checking of Obama's words.

Here is but a sampling of their article:

OBAMA: "We have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and refinance their mortgages. It's a plan that won't help speculators or that neighbor down the street who bought a house he could never hope to afford, but it will help millions of Americans who are struggling with declining home values."

THE FACTS: If the administration has come up with a way to ensure money only goes to those who got in honest trouble, it hasn't said so. ....... the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. suggested this month it's not likely aid will be denied to all homeowners who overstated their income or assets to get a mortgage they couldn't afford. "I think it's just simply impractical to try to do a forensic analysis of each and every one of these delinquent loans," Sheila Bair told National Public Radio.

OBAMA: "We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before."

THE FACTS: Oil imports peaked in 2005 at just over 5 billion barrels, and have been declining slightly since. The figure in 2007 was 4.9 billion barrels, or about 58 percent of total consumption. The nation is on pace this year to import 4.7 billion barrels, and government projections are for imports to hold steady or decrease a bit over the next two decades.

OBAMA: "Regulations were gutted for the sake of a quick profit at the expense of a healthy market. People bought homes they knew they couldn't afford from banks and lenders who pushed those bad loans anyway. And all the while, critical debates and difficult decisions were put off for some other time on some other day."

THE FACTS: This may be so, but it isn't only Republicans who pushed for deregulation of the financial industries. The Clinton administration championed an easing of banking regulations, including legislation that ended the barrier between regular banks and Wall Street banks. That led to a deregulation that kept regular banks under tight federal regulation but extended lax regulation of Wall Street banks. Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, later an economic adviser to candidate Obama, was in the forefront in pushing for this deregulation.

Not done with taking swipes at former President George W. Bush whenever it suits his interests, President Obama more than once referred to the budget deficit "that we inherited", during his address before last night's joint session of Congress. What Mr. Obama conveniently failed to mention while delivering his Bush-bashing riffs before the media and his fellow partisans on the Hill, was that he and his administration in two short weeks have managed to TRIPLE the size of the Federal Government's budget deficit over that of his predecessor.

On one side of his mouth, Mr. Obama says that he is for fiscal responsibility and from the other side of his mouth, pushes Congressional Democrats and three Republican Senators to saddle generations of Americans with the most outrageous pork-laden spending bill in U.S. history. After marketing this larded spending binge stuffed with over 9,000 earmarks as an "economic stimulus package" Mr. Obama proclaims before the nation that it is free of pork! This President either believes that by merely giving utterance, he can purge a porcine spending measure of special-interest laden earmarks, or takes the American public for complete fools!

Red State comments that nearly one-fourth of the national debt left by the previous administration was created by Democrats in the two years since they siezed control of the Congress. (H.T. Red State for Graphic)

Hey Dems: Why Are There Still Poor People In America?

For forty years the Democrats controlled Congress. Many of those years there was a Democrat president. Bill after bill after bill was passed to "fix" poverty in this country. Would some intelligent Democrat please tell me why poverty hasn't been affected by all of that legislation and why we still have poor people in this country?

Back in August Glenn Beck had a great article on CNN's web site. I put the list here but you will have to link there to read all of the text.

TOP 10 POVERTY CITIES

What do the top 10 cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

1. Detroit, MI...hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961;
   
   
2. Buffalo, NY...hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1954;
   
   
3. Cincinnati, OH ...hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1984;
   
   
4. Cleveland, OH...hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1989;
   
   
5. Miami, FL...has never had a Republican mayor;
   
   
6. St. Louis, MO...hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1949;
   
   
7. El Paso, TX...has never had a Republican mayor;
   
   
8. Milwaukee, WI..hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1908;
   
   
9. Philadelphia, PA...hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1952;
   
   
10. Newark, NJ...hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1907.

Hey Dems - what about the American dream? Whose dream are you promoting? Your own? If you hate poverty so much why haven't you done something about it? Don't tell me you have when the level of poverty in this country has remained virtually unchanged over the past 40 years.

You need to get your dog and pony show out of the way and let conservatives show you how to eradicate poverty.

Bobby Jindal Delivers The Republican Response To President Obama

Bobby Jindal hits a home run as he declares that the greatness in America is not found in Government by in its people.



As a show of how their crazy leftist politics have rendered them as crass as they are deluded, an MSNBC host or producer is heard uttering "Oh God", before the governor of Louisiana delivers the Republican response to their messiah's speech. Hey MSNBC kool aid drinkers, do us all a favor and deliver your resignations to the network execs tomorrow morning so they can hire grown ups to produce and host your current slate of propaganda outlets. Who knows, maybe you can gain market share on the Fox News Network once you have real journalists fill your vacant seats.

President Obama Addresses Joint Session Of Congress

President Obama takes swipes at President Bush and "predatory lenders" as he sounds a more positive tone on the economy than he has in recent weeks in this video of his speech before a joint session of Congress.

2007 Domaine de l'Estang COTEAUX DU GIENNOIS Sauvignon Blanc (Loire Valley, France)

From a little known backwater appellation in the vicinity of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume, this inexpensive Sauvignon Blanc was quite nice.

Nose jumps from the glass with fresh, grassy-herbal gooseberry scents. Ripe and long, but with a crisp, mouthwatering mouthfeel. Not as complex and smoky/minerally as its more exalted sibling appellations can be, but fun to drink and a good value. 87. Was around $13 at Richard's on Weslayan, if I am remembering correctly (I lost the receipt).

Arlen Specter Greeted By Protestors In Cranberry Township, PA

Seventy-nine year old Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spector was greeted by protestors angry at the RINO (Republican In Name Only) GOPer for his crucial vote in favor of President Barack Obama's Trillion Dollar Boondoggle marketed by the new president and his media lackeys as the stimulus package of 2009. Spector's unhappy constituents displayed signs that read, Benedict Arlen wait for 2010, the year that the soon-to-be octagenarian will be up for re-election.

Pittsburgh TV station KDKA highlights the reception given to Spector when he visited the western Pennsylvania burough. Meanwhile, keystone state entrepeneur Tim Burns throws down the gauntlet and calls out limosine liberal Spector who as a reward for the betrayal of his constituents, was rewarded with an invitation to join Obama for a wine and dine session at a Super Bowl party with other DC wonks.

Tim Burns website is available here.

2007 Yalumba "Bush Vines" GRENACHE (Barossa Valley, Australia)

This is a ripe, easy-drinking, nicely-balanced, food-friendly red.

Lots of scents of ripe cherry-raspberry fruit with a minerally undertone. Broad and loose-limbed on the mouth, with minerally ripe cherry flavors, and a long, slightly hot finish. Lacks the complexity and concentration of the best Australian Grenaches, but it's hard to quibble at $13.99/bottle (on sale at Whole Foods on Bellaire). 87.

Pelosi Rebuked By The Pope

Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi found herself on the business end of a Papal rebuke this week during a 15 minute audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. In a statement issued by the Vatican concerning the meeting between the Holy See and the consumate clothes horse and doyenne of leftist politics, the Pope reasserted the moral obligation of Catholic politicians to protect human life from conception until natural death. In stark contrast to the reception given other visiting public figures and as a ancilary slap to the head, the Vatican did not release a photograph of Pelosi with the Pope despite the San Francisco politician's ham-handed attempt to recruit His Holiness to team Nancy and Company. Pelosi, who fancies herself to be an "ardent Catholic" was reduced to issuing a lame press release stating how thrilled she was that, I had the opportunity to praise the Church’s leadership in fighting poverty, hunger, and global warming, blah, blah, blah,.....(insert politically correct talking points here and there).

In contrast to Pelosi's shop-worn, spin cycled press release regarding the meeting, the Vatican issued the following statement; His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church’s consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development.

Nancy, would you like a little unsolicited advice from the RedStateRocketeer? Things don't go as planned, and you get a lot more than you bargained for when you attempt to use your meeting with the Vicar of Christ as a convenient backdrop for your amatuerish, hackneyed, paint-by-the-numbers political ambitions. You end up looking,.....well,......foolish.

Take a cue from the founder of our faith, Jesus Christ. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26)

And Saint James (one of the twelve disciples) writes regarding those who want to be popular and march lock-step with the world's shifting values, Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4)

Politicos, is friendship with the world system and garnering its fleeting approval worth the price of your soul? I think not. Why don't you wise up and come to your senses?

Here's Laura Ingram, a genuinely committed Catholic commenting on Nancy's not-so-excellent adventure with His Excellency the Pope.

2008 Terra Andina PINOT NOIR "Reserva" (Central Valley, Chile)

I had higher hopes for this, but it turned out to be a very simple, straightforward wine.

Lots of direct, cherry and herbal scents, followed by soft, well-balanced, but simple fruity flavors. Kind of like a basic Beaujolais, but made of Pinot Noir. 80. Was $12.99 at Whole Foods on Bellaire.

Megyn Kelly: Dorks Beware

If you are an intelligent liberal (I know, it's an oxymoron), you will have a battle on your hands with Megyn Kelly. If you are a liberal dork, please do yourself a favor, stay off the air with Megyn Kelly.

Bill Press, who bills his show as "The Official Morning Show Of The Obama Generation", supports the so-called Fairness Doctrine. Why could he possibly be in favor of it? Could it be that his own boring liberal talk show, like all other liberal talk shows, could use a bailout from the government?

Mr. Press decided to convince Megyn Kelly that the Fairness Doctrine was the right thing to do. He made absolutely ridiculous statements about conservative talk radio and liberal talk radio but Megyn was having none of it.


H/T: NB

It Figures; $20 Barack Obama Coins Are Stickers On 50 Cent Pieces

More Hope that leaves you holding some spare Change. Barack Obama "Commemorative Coins" sold on late night TV are nothing more than 50 cent pieces with cheap stickers slapped onto them.

Montel Williams says in the ad, Some people might try to say in some ways that this is not more than 'capitalizing' on an historic event but I think this is really "capturing" an historic event.

I'll say. It's "capitalizing" on people's historic gullibility and mindless Obama worship while "capturing" some quickly gotten coin.



KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon captures some of the outrage of customers who were duped into buying some of the phony scratch.

2006 Domaine Charvin "à côté" VDP (Rhone Valley, France)

This is the low-end red from Domaine Charvin -- a GREAT Chateauneuf-du-Pape producer. And it is a really good buy.

Richly fruity nose -- plums, blackberries, a squeeze of lemon, and a sandstone-like earthiness. Round, plummy, and with lots of gravelly-earthiness in the mouth. Clearly lots of Grenache in this puppy. Broad mouthfeel, medium full body, and some soft tannin for texture in the finish. Very nice for drinking over the next year. 89. Was $13.99 at Houston Wine Merchant on South Shepherd.

To Our British Cousins: We Apologize For Obama

Last November, almost half of the people in this country knew a dork was elected President of the United States. We knew because of his lack of experience, his lack of knowledge, and his extreme liberalism, he would do some really stupid things. He hasn't proven us wrong yet.

To our distant relatives across the Atlantic, we apologize for Barack Obama's puzzling and insensitive behavior in returning the bust of your beloved leader, Winston Churchill. Most of us admire Churchill's strength and wisdom and we feel a special kinship with Great Britain.

Since Obama's family isn't from Great Britain, maybe he doesn't feel the same way. Maybe he will replace the bust of Churchill with a bust of Shaka Zulu or Idi Amin. However, I suspect he will replace it with a bust of Che Guevara.

Remember, America is run by the people. We will not stand for any acts that weaken or jeopardize our relationship with our allies, especially Great Britain.

H/T: NB

Liberal Camille Paglia Slams Fairness Doctrine

You know, there aren't too many liberals I can put up with, especially those in the media. However, Camille Paglia has been on that short list of liberals I respect for quite some time. We don't agree on issues very often but occasionally we do.

The Fairness Doctrine is one of those issues. Andrew Breitbart has an audio clip of Paglia railing against Democrats for even bringing up the Fairness Doctrine. Her explanation is right on the money.

Camille Paglia On The Fairness Doctrine

Libs, take notice. One of your own understands why free speech must not be squelched.

H/T: Hot Air

Rasmussen: Two-Thirds Of Americans Are Conservative

Okay, so I extrapolated a little. But it makes sense if you think about it.

A Rasmussen Report telephone survey shows that two-thirds of Americans believe they could do a better job addressing the economic issues of this nation than members Congress.

HELLO!!!

That means at least two-thirds of the people in this country are conservative!! That's what we have been trying to tell you and politicians all along!! Give us our money because we know better what to do with it than you do.

Wake up people!! Stop listening to the liberal morons on the boob tube and in the rags. They don't report the news, they distort the news. If you fall for it you are as stupid as they are.

This survey shows there is still hope for America. Tell your family. Tell your friends. Tell your neighbors. Democrats/liberals are not your friends. They are the enemy. They are your enemy and they are the enemy of America. They are the enemy of the Constitution and we must defend it against all enemies, foreign or domestic.

H/T: Ace

New "Compromise" Reached

The "Bi-partisan" stimulus package (which republican conferees were frozen out of) which is estimated to produce 3.5 million jobs has reached a "tentative deal."

$789.5 Billion.

That amounts to $225,571.43 of government spending for each job that "should be produced."

Let's look at that $789,500,000,000 to "create 3,5000,000 jobs."



From Congress Daily, via Michelle Malkin;

It appears that Pelosi and Reid staff met all through the night in secret with Democratic conferees’ staff to cobble together the “stimulus” conference report. Republican conferees were frozen out.
The objective appears to be to produce a final conference report on the trillion-dollar spending bill by this afternoon so that floor action can take place in both chambers by Thursday.
They intend to ram this trillion-dollar spending bill through with as little debate and scrutiny as possible.
The House voted unanimously yesterday in support of a Republican measure stating that the American should have 48 hrs to review the bill prior to passage. Will Democrats follow through? Or will they do the opposite of what they voted to do yesterday?

Red State has more.

Mmmm, Tases Like...

A CRAP SANDWICH!

Check out Bloomberg's analysis of the Health (No) Care package that is placed in the bill;

Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.

Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).

The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.

In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.

Some of it is good. For example, keeping your medical record on an electric file for hospitals to easily access your records and previous problems. But there's also this;

One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (pages 442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”

Keeping doctors informed of the newest medical findings is important, but enforcing uniformity goes too far.

Oh yeah, and after Wall Street dropped I don't think investors like the idea either. Can you tell when Geithner made his speech describing the bill?

The Three Stooges

Three Senators have stabbed the GOP and the American people in the back by voting for the Democrats' stimulus/spendulus/porkulus/crap sandwich bill. They are:

Snarlin' Sphincter, RINO-PA
Olympia Snowed, RINO-ME
Schmoozin' Collins, RINO-ME

Oops! I think I see some typos. That should be Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins.

I love Pennsylvania and Maine. The people there are great. But you gotta do better than these clowns.

I'm Glad Republicans Are The Only Racists

I'm confused. Someone help me out. Why is it that Democrats/liberals cannot be racists? They get a free pass on anything they say or do. Republicans/conservatives can use the word "niggardly" which has to do with money, not race, and they are branded as racist and forced out of their job.

If I said Barack Obama is nothing more than a slave to the white Democrat mas'sers, I would be called a racist. But if a blogger on the left calls Michael Steele "Simple Sambo" or "Uncle Tom", it's okay.

Once again, hypocrisy at its finest. In my most refined, elegant language I say, liberals, you suck.

H/T: NB

Who's The President Of Russia?

If you don't know who it is, look it up. If you do, say it with me:

med' - ve - dev

For some reason Democratic presidential candidates can't seem to remember who the President of Russia is.

In a primary debate, Hillary Clinton stumbled all over the place trying to come up with the name before finally calling him 'whatever'. Hey Madame Secretary of State, is that any way to strengthen relations with Russia?

Today, after fielding a question from the queen of the liberal press Helen Thomas, Obama proceeded to call the Russian president "med - yed' - ev." (starts at 2:15 mark)

Since Russia is probably in the top three greatest threats to the security of this nation, we should know who their leaders are. FYI, the other two are China and liberals. Not Al Qaeda and not Iran.

So for all of you libs out there who thought George W. Bush was a dunce, what do you think about Obama?

2005 "Le Font du Vent" COTES DU RHONE VILLAGES "Notre Passion" (Rhone Valley, France)

Loaded with character in a "French" way.

Lots of plummy, lemony, minerally scents on the nose. Full and intensely minerally in the mouth, with the fruit taking a back seat to a lean, intense earthy, iodine-y component. Nice balance. Full, with good acidity and a long, lean finish. Very nice, but not for those who need the jamminess of Australian Shirazes. 87. Drink over the next 6 months. Was about $14 at Richard's.

My Kids Are Getting Their MMR Shots

In Britain, MMR immunization has dropped from 95% in the late 90's to about 80% in the recent years. This has caused the annual number of measles has increased from 56 cases in 1998 to 1,348 cases in 2008, which is a 37% increase from 2007.

What kicked off the huge concern that has now grown world wide? One report released by Lancet taht based their theory off of a study of 12 children, 8 of which according to the report developed Autism related symptoms just days after the shot.

One problem. The "study" in no way agreed with the doctor's reports at the hospital. Let's look at it.

Child One - The boy’s medical records reveal a subtly different story, one familiar to mothers and fathers of autistic children. At the age of 9½ months, 10 weeks before his jab, his mother had become worried that he did not hear properly: the classic first symptom presented by sufferers of autism.

Child Two - Child Two, an eight-year-old boy from Peter-borough, Cambridgeshire, diagnosed with regressive autism, which, according to the Lancet paper, started “two weeks” after his jab. However, this child’s medical records, backed by numerous specialist assessments, said his problems began three to five months later. The difference between 14 days and a few months is significant, according to experts. Autism usually reveals itself in the second year of life, when the vaccine is routinely given. If there was no sudden onset after the MMR injection, as claimed for the “syndrome”, the condition could be ascribed to a conventional pattern.

Chid Three - Child Three, a six-year-old from Huyton, Merseyside. He was reported in the journal to be suffering from regressive autism and bowel disease: specifically “acute and chronic nonspecific colitis”. The boy’s hospital discharge summary, however, said there was nothing untoward in his biopsy.

Child Four - Had the same GP as Child 8, which raised suspicions of if the study was indeed "random."

Child Six and Seven - Child Six, aged 5, and Child Seven, aged 3, were said to have been diagnosed with regressive autism, with an onset of symptoms “one week” and “24 hours” after the jab respectively. But medical records show that neither boy was “previously normal”, as the Lancet article described all the children, and that both had already been hospitalised with brain problems before their MMR. Child Six received his vaccine at the age of 14 months, but had twice previously been admitted with fits. Child Seven was given his at the age of 20 months but, again, problems already showed.

Child Eight - Child Eight, aged 3, from Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear. She was reported in the journal as having suffered a brain injury “two weeks” after MMR. Her medical records did not support this. Before she was admitted, she had been seen by local specialists, and her GP told the Royal Free of “significant concerns about her development some months before she had her MMR”.

Child Nine - Athology report said: “No abnormality detected”, while the Lancet paper said: “Nonspecific colitis”.

Child Ten - Athology report said: “No abnormality detected”, while the Lancet paper said: “Nonspecific colitis”.

Child Eleven - When biopsies were done later, no evidence of the measels virus (the suspected cause of the link) was discovered.

Child Twelve - Diagnosed with Asperger’s disorder, in which language is not lost, and which is not regressive, nothing like what One and Two were diagnosed with.

Child Five was not listed as having inconsistancies


On top of that, check this out with the "Bowel Irritation" that was reported;

WHEN the children first arrived at the Royal Free, in addition to autism, they were also reported with constipation, diarrhoea or other common bowel complaints. This was the reason given for them travelling between 60 and 5,000 miles to London to enter the care of Wakefield’s team.

...

A Royal Free consultant pathologist questioned a draft text of the paper. “I was somewhat concerned with the use of the word ‘colitis’,” Susan Davies, a co-author, told the ongoing GMC inquiry into the ethics of how the children were treated, in September 2007.

“I was concerned that what we had seen in these children was relatively minor.”

However, after her challenge, it was explained, Wakefield’s team met for a “research review” of the biopsies. It was not an unusual move for a group of specialists to reconsider the evidence upon which their research was relying. It was nevertheless striking that their conclusion was that 11 of the children’s bowels were in fact diseased when their colleagues had found no abnormalities in at least seven of the cases.

"What's for Dinner?"

In September, 1982, I was part of a U.S. Navy Task Force that was taking part in a large amphibious operation in Northern Europe. Ahh, the good old days when the Russkies were the bad guys and the thought of tanks crashing through the Fulda Gap kept everyone awake at night down at the Pentagon. The task force pulled into Portsmouth, England for a few days and it coincided with a good chunk of the Royal Navy's Falkland Islands Battle Group coming home.

The Battle for the Falklands was a dust-up between Argentina (which called the islands the Maldives) and the British. The Argentinians had siezed the islands which were little more than sheep-herders outposts, claiming them to be Argentine in April, 1981. England had other thoughts. It was early in the days of Maggie Thatcher and the UK was, like us across the pond, re-building her military. That a 3rd rate Navy could so blatantly swat at the English Lion was enormously embarrassing. It took almost 18 months for the British to respond. It was not without cost, either. The Argentine pilots, flying American made A-4 Skyhawks and French Etendard's would send the HMS Sheffield, the HMS Coventry and a huge supply ship, the Conveyor to the briny deep. In the end the Royal Navy and Marines prevailed though and the islands flew under the Union Jack again.

So here I was that fall, a sailor who had been at sea for some three months roaming around Portsmouth, England at the same time that their heroes were returning...oh well. I ended up in a couple of diplomatic exchange efforts with the Royal Navy and toured several of their returning vessels, including the HMS Broadsword. The Broadsword had been in the thick of it outside the Battle of San Carlos Bay in the Falklands.

One of the Broadsword's officers relayed a story to me about that day that has stuck with me ever since. Apparently, in the thick of battle, with the planes buzzing all around them...popping up off the wave tops to fire missiles or shoot cannon blasts at them, the Captain emerged on the bridge. Scared and worried faces met him as a report came in that the forward gun mount was not functioning. Nervous orders were being yelled to the helmsman to try to position the ship in such a way that the aft mount would be engaged to maximum effectiveness. "We were genuinely frightened that we were not going to make it out alive," my friend related. The Captain strode calmly to the center window of the bridge, surveyed the foredeck and asked for the Wardroom mess cook to come up to the bridge. "He looked bored, " I was told. A couple of tense moments passed, including another strafing by an Argentine aircraft. When the mess cook came on the bridge, the Captain turned around and in a voice just loud enough to be heard asked "What is for dinner this evening?" "We all knew at that moment that we were going to get by," my host related, "it was extraordinary courage and leadership."

This is an incredible and true tale of courage under fire. The Captain accurately gauged the temperament of his crew, knew the danger they were in and carefully chose the right words and actions to calm his team and compel them to perform great deeds. This Captain had no doubt been in the Royal Navy for at least 15-20 years. He had risen through the ranks learning all aspects of seamanship, engineering, weapons, intelligence, tactics and leadership so that at the point in time he was needed most, far away from any support system, he could perform in such a way that benefited his ship, his crew, his fleet and his mission. Now the HMS Broadsword is about 430 feet long and displaces 4,400 tons with a crew of about 220 men. The leader of this highly compact unit had more years of experience on just this one piece of the Royal Navy than Obama has on anything...ANYTHING. Just like the Royal Navy, no one assumes command of a United States Navy warship without YEARS of experience, and yet we have voted into power a man who has less experience than a Seaman Deuce in the U.S. Fleet and he is in charge of a whole lot more than a 430 foot long frigate!

Contrast the behaviour of this fine Naval Officer with what we are seeing coming out of the White House right now as they attempt to pass a "stimulus bill." Remember the opening scene in "The Big Chill," where the minister is talking about Alex's suicide and he asks "Where did Alex's hope go?" Well, where did Obama's "hope" go? Now, we are being told that if the House and Senate don't pass this bill by the end of this week, that the results will be "catastrophic?" "A failure to act and act now will turn a crisis into a catastrophe?" says Mr. Hopeandchange.

We're getting ready to spend ANOTHER $1,000,000,000,000 and we can't even debate it or hold a hearing or two to discuss what might work. This is not leadership, it is intimidation. We didn't get into this mess overnight, nor are we going to get out of it overnight. Prudent leadership would call for some bi-partisan analysis of the roots of the problem so that a sane piece of legislation can be crafted that addresses those roots and builds a stronger economy for us to go forward with. Democrats blithely throw around the accusation that it was George Bush's fault and that there was no regulation! Republicans, just as blithely throw out that it was Carter and Clinton's fault and there was no regulation of Fannie and Freddie. But what is before the Congress right now is a bill that addresses NEITHER! It simply tosses about a "quadrapillion" dollars in the air and hopes they land in the hands of future Democrat voters. These people have clearly forgotten where the money comes from...you either tax the people or you print it. Both options are bad.

But back to this leadership issue. Barry and his team have so little experience, so little knowledge of how to get things done in Washington that they are relying on the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate to do it for them. The result is a liberal get-even measure for all the budgets since 1994. It is insane. If you have the constitution for it, you can download a copy of the House version here. Don't take my word for it, read it...read about the "Weatherization Assistance Program" - that's on page 641, where you get to pay to get someone else's attic insulated. On pages 9-11 you will find how much each of the existing Departments are going to get for "oversight" of the money they will be spending...it totals over $225 MILLION - just for the oversight...and that doesn't include the establishment of the "Recovery Act Accountability and Trasparency Board." This will make your blood boil, which is a big part of the reason for the haste. Obama's vaunted "transparency" is showing that he is not ready to lead and is terrified that the general public is starting to figure this out...thus the panic.

We have put in office someone who is far more comfortable (and highly gifted) on the campaign trail. He was at it again today, giving stump speeches to "town hall meetings," that featured such great questions as "when is the money allocated for Elkhart going to get to us?" These poor dupes think that somewhere in this 700-page beast is a line item that says "Elkhart, Indiana....$40 gajillion." And there is Barry O selling it..."if they will just pass this bill, it won't be long." Further, he KNOWS it's not going to work. If it was so wonderful please answer the following questions:

1. What do you need Republican votes for? Pass it, watch the economy fly and have the Dems take all the credit!
2. Why is it "going to get worse, a lot worse?" Umm, err...gotcha!
3. Why not slow the process down, open up the books and demonstrate to the American people that this is the greatest thing since vinyl records.

This is a scam. Barry O is not leading, because he doesn't know how to lead. He lacks the experience, the know how and the vision to see what is good for the economy and the country. He has his teleprompter and his basic belief system. Preeminent in the latter is the fundamental, down to the innards of his gut belief that government is the solution and that he as government is the best solution. He is the philosophical negative of Ronald Reagan. Reagan knew how to lead and how to inspire a nation. He also famously knew that government WAS the problem...it still is, and its about to get worse.

I picture Barry O onboard the HMS Broadsword at the height of the battle...running around in circles, feverishly pointing at the next Argentine jet to pop up over the waves....his shipmates would have been appalled then. His countrymen, outside of the cult members, are now.

Rumble on!

2007 Cline "Ancient Vines" ZINFANDEL (Cal.)

Cline has another winner with the 2007 version of this widely-available, reliable Zin. I got it at Richard's on Weslayan & Bissonnet for around $15.

It deeply fruity and meltingly soft with the classic Zinfandel "spicy blackberry" fruit, and a subtle, earthy/maple syrupy note in the background. Not a blockbuster but extremely enjoyable for either a weeknight or weekend dinner. All seems in balance here for immediate enjoyment. 88.

Hypocrisy Has Come To America

Within days of Barack Obama winning the popularity contest last November, his supporters (primarily his personal cheerleading squad, which we call the mainstream media) began to talk about how we all need to come together to support Obama. Some even said those who do not are racist.

The mainstream media has become vitriolic towards Republicans and conservatives. Their treatment of these groups goes way beyond unfair. This is reminiscent of the Christians being thrown to the lions in ancient Rome.

Just a few months ago the left aimed that same vitriol at President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Karl Rove, and anyone else who dared to call themselves a Republican. Where was the need to come together then? Where was the need to support our president as a collective nation?

In the last few months I have become prejudiced. I am not a racist nor do I hate people of other races. But I am prejudiced against hypocritical liberals in the media, Hollywood, Washington DC, urban America, and anywhere else they can be found.

I am sick of their lies. I am sick of their hatred. I am sick of their attacks. I am sick of their hypocrisy.

As conservatives we had better get control of this country or the only thing that will be left is what is written in the history books. Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

Image Source: Chris Matthews' Leg

Nancy Pelosi At Her Finest: 500 Million Americans Lose Their Jobs Every Month!

A box of Crayons is smarter than SanFran Nancy Pelosi.

California Can't Tax It's Way Out Of A Deficit

A few years ago, Don "Do Nothing" Sundquist brought forward a bill imposing a sate wide income tax, promising that the sales tax would be eliminated. People went ballistic, and for a good reason.

Then later, the report was "Well, if we do the income tax, we can't eliminate the sales tax, but we'll reduce it from 9.75% to 6%. People went even more ballistic.

The sign that forever sticks out in my mind is one that basically said almost every state with a state income tax still had a budget deficit, even though it was supposed to "fix the problem."

No state sticks out in my mind more than California. The epitome of "You can't tax your way out of it."

California has some of the highest tax rates in the country with a 9.3% marginal tax rate on anyone making over $45,000, and a 7.25% (which can be up to 9.25% in some places) sales tax. OH! And the state has not had any money in the bank for the past 17 months. So much for taxes being the answer.

Could that be the reason people are leaving California for other, lower tax, states by the hundreds of thousands?

Units? Units?

Verizon Wireless can't convert dollars to cents. In their mind $0.002 equals 0.002 cents. Think about that for 1 second. Any longer...and you need to learn your units.



Why is this important? Because even politicians need math lessons.


(*HINT* The US Population is 305,738,000)

And My Vote For Best Super Bowl Commercial Goes To...

Hyundai?
Hyundai?!!

HYUNDAI!!!



Too Funny.

A Nation Led By Chicken Littles

I have sat back and listened to so-called "experts" on everything from the economy to health issues to climate change. What I have discovered is there is very little difference between them. The doomsayers crawl out from under their rocks on each issue.

One has to wonder where these people come from. What is their background? How is it they can call themselves an "expert?"

Since the 1960's, test scores for American students have been declining. I won't use this post to explain all of the reasons for this but I can summarize it in one word - liberalism. Our schools have de-emphasized critical subjects like math and science while increasing emphasis on the arts, self-esteem, and social tolerance.

What has been the result? A dumbing-down of American students. Eventually, those dumbed-down students become dumbed-down graduates. (Well, some of them.) Then some of those dumbed-down graduates grow up and become dumbed-down college graduates. They finally work their way into jobs where they provide us with dumbed-down responses to situations and crises.

De-emphasis on math and science has led to a poor understanding of economics, the human body and its processes, weather data, and a lot more. Combine that with liberalism and you have the recipe for a doomsayer.

Our prognostications are now based on emotions instead of the firm foundations of science and data. We have become a nation led by Chicken Littles. The sky is not falling. The economy is not falling into the abyss. We are not destroying our bodies with every breath or bite of food. We are not causing climate change with our activities. These are all myths contrived and propagated by liberals who have no data to back up their claims. They speak not from knowledge but from the lack of it.

We survived FDR and Jimmy Carter. We will survive Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. In the process we may experience some difficult times but we are not headed for oblivion like the hysterical liberals would like you to believe.

So Which One Is It Barack?

Obama wants more "Clean Coal Plants...



But, he will Bankrupt anyone who builds a coal plant

So which is it? And why just "Clean Coal?" All "clean coal" consists of is capturing the CO2 emissions and pumping them underground. Why not use something that SOLVES the problem, rather than just putting it some place else? Something that removes the CO2, and produces biodiesel? That's a solution.


This quote sums up my opinion of people throwing their blind support of Obama, and part of it is to do with the frustration of the last 8 years;
"You crossed the line first, sir. You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation. And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand."